This blog is about the project I'm working on for the Dutch summer of code (Programmeerzomer), organised by the Holland Open Software Platform.

Monday, July 30, 2007

Rings: ellipse or circle?

How do you like your rings to displayed?

The first option with painting aromatic ring is whether to display the aromaticity as double bonding or as a ring. If you want them to be displayed as a ring, then second question is whether to draw this as a ellipse or as a perfect circle.

In these pictures below you can see the two different options to show aromaticity inside for a Benzene ring.

Is one of them clearly better then the other, is it personal taste or doesn't it matter at all?